Priest Assignment Records and Case Details Released

The Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian has obtained settlements or arbitration awards for many victims and survivors who suffered sexual abuse by clergy or church personnel. The list can be found at at www.garabedianlaw.com/results-list. 

The firm added:

Detailed information on the assignment records and claim history of these abusers, together with sources, can be accessed by reading below as well as in the pdfs lnked above.

Please check back regularly as additional information is planned for release.

Father Patrick M. Mulewski – Archdiocese of Newark

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1980-1992 St. Paul’s Church, Jersey City, NJ
1993-1999 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Ridgewood, NJ
2000-2014 St. Pius X Church, Old Tappan, NJ
2015-2023 Corpus Christi Church, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
2024 Retired
 
Sources
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father Patrick M. Mulewski was accused of sexually abusing an adult male approximately 1995 when the victim was approximately 25 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Mulewski was assigned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Ridgewood, NJ, and the male victim was a seminarian at Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange Village, NJ studying to become a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark. The sexual abuse occurred in the rectory of the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Mulewski included the following: Father Mulewski putting his hand inside the adult male’s pants and fondling the adult male’s genitals.
  • The claim settled in 2025 in the low six figures.

Father William M. Giblin – Archdiocese of Newark

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1961 St. Mary’s Church, Rutherford, NJ
1962-1988 Seton Hall Prep, South Orange and West Orange, NJ
1989 St. Peter the Apostle Church, River Edge, NJ
1990-2000 St. Joseph’s Church, East Orange, NJ
2001-2004 Retired; Holy Rosary Church, Edgewater, NJ
2005-2011 Retired; Rev. Msgr. James F. Kelley Residence for Retired Priests, Caldwell, NJ
2011 Died May 13, 2011
 
Sources
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father William M. Giblin was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a male minor child from approximately 1975 when the child was approximately 12 years old to approximately 1978 when the child was approximately 14 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Giblin was assigned to Seton Hall Prep, South Orange, NJ. The sexual abuse occurred in Father Giblin’s residence near the campus of Seton Hall Prep, where the male child delivered newspapers to Father Giblin.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Giblin included the following: Father Giblin kissing the male child’s face, including his lips; Father Giblin touching and fondling the male child’s penis; Father Giblin forcing the male child to touch Father Giblin’s penis and put Father Giblin’s penis in the child’s mouth; and Father Giblin penetrating the male child’s anus with Father Giblin’s penis.
  • The claim settled in 2025 in the mid six figures.

Father Patrick M. Gallagher, O.F.M.Conv. – Conventual Franciscans / Archdiocese of Newark

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1966-1969 Rome
1970-1976 St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary, Rensselaer, NY (Diocese of Albany)
1977-1981 Assumption B.V.M. Church, Syracuse, NY (Diocese of Syracuse)
1982-1985 St. Francis Church, Hoboken, NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1985-1988 Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Binghamton, NY (Diocese of Syracuse)
1989-1997 St. Cecilia Church, Fonda, NY (Diocese of Albany)
1998-2001 Assumption B.V.M. Church, Syracuse, NY (Diocese of Syracuse)
2002-2015 St. Cecilia Church, Fonda, NY (Diocese of Albany)
Sacred Heart Church – Tribes Hill, NY (Diocese of Albany)
2016-2018 St. Adalbert Church – Elmhurst, NY (Diocese of Brooklyn)
 
Sources
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father Patrick M. Gallagher, O.F.M.Conv. was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child in approximately 1984 when the child was approximately 12 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Gallagher was assigned to St. Francis Church, Hoboken, NJ, and the male child belonged to the parish where he was an altar server. The sexual abuse occurred in the rectory of the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Gallagher included the following: Father Gallagher pressing his erect penis against the male child’s buttocks and penetrating the male child’s anus; and Father Gallagher touching the male child’s buttocks and genitals with Father Gallagher’s hands.
  • The claim settled in 2025 in the mid six figures.

Father Francis J. Crowley – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1954 – 1957 St. Mary’s Church, Hull, MA
1958 – 1961 St. Mary of the Annunciation, Cambridge, MA
1962 – 1964 Immaculate Conception Church, Salem, MA
1965 – 1968 St. Peter’s Church, Gloucester, MA
1969 – 1978 Holy Family Church, Rockland, MA
1979 – 1986 St. William’s Church, Dorchester, MA
1987 Awaiting Assignment
1988 – 2008 Military & VA Chaplain, Archdiocese of Boston, MA
1992 U.S.V.A. Medical Center, Bronx, NY
1995 – 2008 Veterans Administration Hospital, Providence, RI
2008 Died March 8, 2008
 
Sources
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father Francis J. Crowley was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least one occasion in approximately 1978 when the male child was approximately fourteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Crowley was assigned to St. William’s Church, Dorchester, MA, and the child was tasked with performing maintenance on the parish grounds as part of the city’s Youth Enrichment Services (YES) program.  The sexual abuse occurred in Father Crowley’s office, located in the rectory of St. William’s Church, where the child had been instructed by Father Crowley to perform various cleaning tasks. 
  • The sexual abuse consisted of Father Crowley fondling the male child’s penis and testicles over the male child’s clothing.
  • The claim settled in 2025 in the mid five figures.
  1. Father James P. Barry – Archdiocese of Newark
  2. Father Alfred L. Jannetta – Diocese of Manchester
  3. Monsignor Joseph C. Ansaldi – Archdiocese of New York
  4. Father Pasquale J. Barletta – Archdiocese of Boston
  5. Father Michael Amy -- Diocese of Erie
  6. Father Richard Barry, O.M.I. - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  7. Father Thomas J. Bender -- Diocese of Allentown
  8. Monsignor Charles Beausang – Diocese of Camden
  9. Father Gerard Boisvert – Diocese of Fall River
  10. Father Kenneth Bonadies - Archdiocese of Hartford
  11. Father Douglas V. Borowski – Archdiocese of Boston
  12. Father Kevin M. Bray, O.S.B. – Archdiocese of Newark, Diocese of Paterson, Diocese of Wilmington
  13. Father James F. Buckley – Diocese of Fall River
  14. Father Leo Bujnowski – Diocese of San Angelo
  15. Father Leo Burchianti – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  16. Father Edward J. Byington – Diocese of Fall River
  17. Father Gerard Chasse – Diocese of Rockville Centre
  18. Father Anthony Cipolla – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  19. Father George H. Clements – Archdiocese of Chicago
  20. Father James H. Coffey - Archdiocese of Boston
  21. Father James Collins – Diocese of Fresno (formerly known as the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno)
  22. Father Charles G. Collins – Diocese of Rockville Centre
  23. Father Denis A. Conte -Archdiocese of Boston
  24. Brother Edward C. Courtney – C.F.C.
  25. Father John H. Curley – Archdiocese of Boston
  26. Father Thomas J. Crum – Diocese of Youngstown
  27. Father Alphonse Dallinger – Diocese of Brooklyn
  28. Father Arthur Devlin, S.M. – Marist Fathers of Boston, a/k/a Society of Mary of the U.S.A.
  29. Father Leon Dicks, O.F.M.Conv. - Diocese of Trenton - Conventual Franciscans, Province of the Immaculate Conception
  30. Father Lawrence W. Donovan – Diocese of Trenton
  31. Father Robert Dunphy – Diocese of Camden
  32. Deacon William Emerson – Archdiocese of Boston
  33. Father Robert D. Fay - Archdiocese of Boston
  34. Monsignor J. Francis Feenan – Diocese of Paterson
  35. Father Romano J. Ferraro – Diocese of Brooklyn, Diocese of Methuen
  36. Father Merle Fisher - Marist Fathers
  37. Father Joseph L. Fitzharris – Archdiocese of Chicago
  38. Father Conran Free, C.P. - Congregation of the Passion (“Passionists”) - Diocese of Scranton
  39. Father Lawrence Gadek – Archdiocese of Newark
  40. Father Richard M. Galdon – Archdiocese of Newark